10 • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2003
MIDDLE EAST
Bush rewards Pakistanis for antiterrorism efforts
The Associated Press
CAMP DAVID, Md. — It's only a matter of time before Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein were captured or accounted for, President Bush said yesterday as he announced $3 billion in military and economic aid to reward Pakistan for its help in the war on terror.
Missing from the package were 28 F-16 jet fighters long sought by Pakistan but blocked by Congress because of Islamabad's nuclear weapons program.
At a joint news conference at the president's Maryland retreat, Bush and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf claimed a united front against terrorism.
Musharraf said his government was making extraordinary efforts to track down bin Laden and his lieutenants, searching treacherous tribal border
At a joint news conference at Camp David, President Bush and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf claimed a united front against terrorism. Musharraf said his government was searching treacherous tribal border areas he said had not been entered by the army in over a century.
areas he said had not been entered by the army in over a century.
Since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Musharraf's government had arrested more than 500 Al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists, Bush noted.
"Today, both countries are working with the Afghan government to build a stable democratic Afghanistan with secure border regions that are free from terror and free from extremism," Bush said.
POLITICS
Republicans use Web site for scrutiny of Rep. Moore
By Ehren Meditz
emeditz@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
In between political science and philosophy homework, George Durrenberger, Derby junior, works to end U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore's (D-Kansas) political career.
Durrenberger, KU College Republicans events coordinator and political science major, designs the Web site www.dennismoorewatch.com with Tim Burger, KU graduate and former chairman of the College Republicans, who writes and edits the site's content. Burger said the site aimed to contrast Moore's actions in Washington, D.C., with what he said in Kansas.
The idea's inception began with discussions in the Johnson County Republican Party. The Web site was unveiled in April and gets about four to six hits a day, but
"We want to talk about his actual voting record and we thought doing something like this makes that a two-year discussion instead of a two-minute discussion," Burger said.
Durrenberger said he expected that number to increase.
Moore said he had not heard of the site, but that he was not an ideologue.
"I don't vote for liberal or conservative ideas," Moore said. "I'm not in anybody's pocket and I'm willing to cross party lines for good ideas."
"The site is a predictably amateur attempt to smear a respected congressman who has beaten back repeated Republican attempts to oust him from his district," Goode said.
Mark Goode, president of KU Young Democrats, said the Web site contained numerous distortions.
Durrenberger said he would approach other Kansas college Republican groups to link to the Dennis Moore Watch site.
Moore was elected to Kansas 3rd District U.S. House seat, which includes the University of Kansas, in 1998. Last year, Moore defeated Republican Adam Taff with 50 percent of the vote.
- Edited by Amy Kelly